Example sentences of "he [verb] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He sat down on his bed while he threaded new laces into his boots , and then paused , one lace suspended in his hand , as he wondered suddenly why the wire service had not given the Advent any news about him . |
| 2 | He made major contributions to the geology of Dalradian rocks along the Highland border between Callander and Loch Lomond and in the Cowal district of Argyllshire . |
| 3 | He made countless pots of tea , set and washed up tray after tray , helped the night junior hand round tea to the stunned , grey-faced rows of waiting relatives . |
| 4 | He made uncertain movements , because everything in his head was vague and uncertain . |
| 5 | He made small movements with his body , feinting this way and that , gauging Tuan Ti Fo 's response to each , a low growling coming from his throat . |
| 6 | He made great efforts to include Dexter in the conversation , the sergeant noticed , embracing him in his replies . |
| 7 | He made great promises for future dates but failed to ring the numbers they gave him . |
| 8 | He was given an ancient , unreliable car and in this he made long journeys and addressed crowded meetings . |
| 9 | Wyatt 's subsequent work was primarily as a country-house architect and ‘ improver ’ , although he competed unsuccessfully for a number of major public commissions and in 1816 published a Prospectus of a Design for Various Improvements in the Metropolis , in which he made radical proposals for replanning the West End . |
| 10 | Officially Wordsworth continued to dwell on the virtues of landed proprietors , but he made occasional remarks which surprised his companions . |
| 11 | As well as noting occupations , he made occasional comments on specific instances of poverty . |
| 12 | He made tut-tutting sounds of disapproval through his teeth and fingered the fraying cuffs of his jacket . |
| 13 | I am satisfied that the deceased encouraged the plaintiff in the belief that all the property he possessed at the date of his death would pass to her , and I do not consider that the fact that he made certain gifts during his lifetime , and indicated a wish to make others , including the gift of a legacy to the plaintiff 's son is inconsistent with such a belief . |
| 14 | Furthermore , he made real attempts to come to terms with the Emperor , and it seemed likely that the papal imperial conflict would now be resolved . |
| 15 | In his will , made as a parishioner of St Olave Jewry , London , dated 7 January , and proved 28 February 1633 , he made monetary bequests to his four daughters and two sons , allowed the use of his professional papers to his apprentices , and gave a two-volume book of statutes to ‘ my noble friend Sir William Paddy [ q.v. ] … to be by him put and given to the library of St John 's College in Oxford ’ . |
| 16 | He made annual visits to Spain and Portugal in connection with his business and he normally lived several months a year in London . |
| 17 | Waller 's research interests started in the emerging field of electro-physiology , in which he made useful contributions to the study of fatigue in muscle and the nature of cardiac potentials . |
| 18 | He made close contacts with leaders of popular movements , and it was he who provided the major link between the co-operatives and trade unionism . |
| 19 | When the new manager arrived at Highbury he made administrative changes which deprived Arsenal 's fifty voluntary workers — mostly schoolteachers acting as stewards and programme sellers — of various perks . |
| 20 | Then , he let out a groan and sank into a chair , his hands over his face and his shoulders heaving as he made superhuman efforts to contain his shock and grief . |
| 21 | Robbie observed him through lowered lashes as he made hearty inroads on the food . |
| 22 | Of course it 's possible that he made other calls not in the line of business . ’ |
| 23 | I have read his speech in this House , in which he made most of those points , and some of his contributions in the Water Bill Committee , in which he made other points which have been well answered by my Hon. Friend the Minister of State . |
| 24 | ROCK drummer Mitch Mitchell won substantial libel damages in the High Court yesterday after a book claimed he made racist comments to Jimi Hendrix when he played in his band , the Experience . |
| 25 | He said : ‘ He has fudged and shaded , and tried to get away from the fact that he made specific statements and those statements were wrong . |
| 26 | He made immediate friends with Eric Ravilious , whose interests curiously paralleled Bawden 's . |
| 27 | He made immediate inquiries by telephone , but felt that there was insufficient evidence to justify his intervention . |
| 28 | He was well aware that he made young men look badly dressed and ill-mannered . |
| 29 | When interviewed by complaints department officers he made similar allegations about fabrication of admissions . |
| 30 | He made similar comments on Taunton and in Essex . |